Collar retaining device



P 1953 M. OULOUHOJIAN COLLAR RETAINING DEVICE Filed May 21, 1952 BY W ATTORNEY nH H H Patented Sept. 15, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COLLAR RETAINING DEVICE Michael Oulouhojian, Upper Darby, Pa.

Application May .21, 1952, Serial No. 289,140

2 Claims. 1

The object of this invention is to devise a novel collar retaining device which will retain the outer fold in a smooth unwrinkled condition at all times; which will retain the points in a downwardly directed condition and which will also permit the collar to automatically adjust its position when the wearer raises or lowers his head or moves his head sideways.

A further object of the invention is to provide concealed pockets on the inner faces of the outer fold of the collar to receive a novel guide member for each collar point, said guide members cooperating with buttons fixed to the body of the shirt.

A further object of the invention is to provide a collar retainer in which the guide members can be removed when the shirt is to be laundered.

With the foregoing and other objects in view as will hereinafter clearly appear, my invention coinprehends a novel collar retaining device which automatically adjusts its position under movements of the head and neck of the wearer and at the same time holds down the collar and retains the collar points in a smooth and unwrinkled condition.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of it which I have found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results. It is, however, to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which the invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and the invention is not limited except by the scope of the appended claims to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein set forth.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a shirt provided with collar retaining devices embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a guide and retaining member.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings:

A shirt I of any desired or conventional construction is provided with a collar 2 having an outer fold 3. The downwardly diverging angle of the folds may vary as may be desired.

Beneath the points of the collar, buttons 4 are attached to the body of the shirt. The inner face of the collar at the points are provided with an upper downwardly opening pocket 5 and a lower upwardly opening pocket 6 which are adapted to receive a guide and retaining member 7 having a guide slot 8 and an enlarged opening at the upper end as at 9 to receive the head of the button. These pockets are preferably formed by stitching them at opposite sides and one end to the under fold or face of the collar. The members 1 preferably have the upper end rounded as shown in Figure 2, and the lower end is also preferably rounded and tapered at one side for easy insertion into its pocket.

In the operation, the members I are inserted into their pockets and the buttons 4 inserted through the openings 9 so that their attaching means will be slidable in the slots and the button will overhang the sides of a slot to prevent the disengagement of the buttons from their slots, as shown in dotted lines in Figur 2.

It will be clear from the drawings and the foregoing description that the points of the collar are retained in their downward positions.

The members i are preferably flexible and may be made of any desired material at a minimum of cost.

Since the attaching of the buttons and the pockets are conventional operations, shirts can be equipped with my novel collar retaining device at slight increase in manufacturing costs.

The buttons are free in their slots so that the collar is free to adjust its relative position with the body of the shirt under movements of the head and neck of the wearer, and the collar is retained in a smooth and unwrinkled condition at all times with the points directed downwardly.

The slots in the guide and retaining members are parallel to the front edges of the collar.

The buttons are preferably provided with a top head and a bottom flange connected by a post. The post portion is freely slidable in the slot 8, and the bottom flange is stitched or otherwise fastened to the body portion of the shirt. The location at which the buttons are fastened to the shirt may vary depending upon the amount of up and down movement of the collar points which is desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a shirt having a collar with downwardly diverging points, of upper downwardly opening pockets and lower upwardly opening pockets secured to the inner face of the collar near the points, retaining members having their ends received in said pockets and having longitudinally extending slots with enlargements at one end to receive buttons, and buttons fixed to the body portion of the shirt and insertable through said enlargements to overhang the slots and hold down the collar points.

2. The construction defined in claim 1 wherein the enlargements are at the upper ends of the slots, and the retaining members are flexible and rounded at their ends.

MICHAEL OULOUI-IOJIAN.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,165,990 Tos July 11, 1939 2,319,135 Kaplan May 11, 1943 

